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Errigal · **Joined:** Fri 09 Sep 2011 2:06 pm **Posts:** 715

Rossaí wrote:

Annabeth wrote:

I came across the use of the word luí today to mean bed, instead of Leaba. I wondered whether this is simply an alternate word, or a dialect thing?
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In what sense did you come across this phrase?

Just maybe in varying contexts of:

dul/gabháil/goil a luí - (to) go to bed; bheith i do luí - (to) be in (your) bed/"abed"

Annabeth · **Joined:** Wed 14 Mar 2012 8:40 pm **Posts:** 190

It was

"Bhí mé i mo luí, liom fhéin."

And the translation read, "I was in my bed, alone."

So I got confused

beagle · **Joined:** Mon 05 Sep 2011 1:45 am **Posts:** 267

The translator was mistaken and you were mislead, No blame on your part

Annabeth · **Joined:** Wed 14 Mar 2012 8:40 pm **Posts:** 190

Great! Thanks

Redwolf · **Posted:** Sat 30 Mar 2013 5:20 pm

Annabeth wrote:

It was

"Bhí mé i mo luí, liom fhéin."

And the translation read, "I was in my bed, alone."

So I got confused

I wouldn't say that the translator was wrong...in fact, that's a good, idiomatic, translation. Translating it literally as "I was lying down, by myself" wouldn't convey the same sense as the Irish, so the translator was correct to phrase it in that way.

That said, if this was in a text book, or a book written for learners, the translator probably should have included somewhere the information that "bhí mé i mo luí" is an Irish idiom -- another way of saying "I was sleeping."

Redwolf

Annabeth · **Joined:** Wed 14 Mar 2012 8:40 pm **Posts:** 190

This is good to know :yes:

Rossaí · **Joined:** Sat 01 Oct 2011 12:03 am **Posts:** 231

Annabeth wrote:

It was

"Bhí mé i mo luí, liom fhéin."

And the translation read, "I was in my bed, alone."

So I got confused

Yup, that's right, idiomatically.

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